A chickychickychick-ENN!! Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 If swine flu doesn't kill us, this might: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20090427/tuk-safety-fears-at-nuclear-sub-base-6323e80.html Nuclear waste leakage. Which is, like, totally harmless LOL because they reported it and everything LOL OMG!!!! xoxoxox. Idiots. Which means we'll all be eating these: And looking like this (only not as cute): Look! He glows in the dark! Full story: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17003-fluorescent-puppy-is-worlds-first-transgenic-dog.html Mwah ha ha ha ha. Etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 *gasps* just look at that puppy tummy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Oh well, I suppose you would be able to see where your dog is if he/she runs away during night time walks! Terrific replacement for children's night lights too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 What possible practical applications can that have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnie the Moocher Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 My very black dog has a hi-vis flashing collar for night-time forays into the garden, but if he glowed in the dark... And I'd never trip over him whilst fetching a midnight glass of water either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 They did this with pigs and jellyfish a while back. They have to be under a UV / blacklight for it to show up, so you wouldn't see it running around in the garden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 They did this with pigs and jellyfish a while back.They have to be under a UV / blacklight for it to show up, so you wouldn't see it running around in the garden I remember that. They started it off just by injecting it into nose genes and there was a picture going round for a while with a pig with an orange snout, can't find the picture though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 They did this with pigs and jellyfish a while back.They have to be under a UV / blacklight for it to show up, so you wouldn't see it running around in the garden I remember that. They started it off just by injecting it into nose genes and there was a picture going round for a while with a pig with an orange snout, can't find the picture though. That one ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 He looks quite yellowy all over, I think, but especially in the nose zone. Most fetching. The glow in the dark effect is just a label to show that the genes that were supposed to be inserted did go in, and where they went. Most genes don't show up in any way you can see, so they are coupled with something like a colour or glow so you know which experiments worked and which didn't. OH uses this technique at work but with plants. The GFP protein that glows originally came from jellyfish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Before I read the article I assumed someone had shone a very bright light through him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Yes it was the picture I couldn't find, thank you! There was a better one though of them when they were piglets and sat together! It really is the rudolph of the pig world! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
